Ethiopia pardoned and freed 38 opposition politicians and activists Friday following international condemnation of their imprisonment and days after U.S. lawmakers took steps to criticize the country's human rights record.

The Turkey Day Championship in San Francisco is a Thanksgiving tradition, but for Balboa High seniors, this year's game against Lincoln is about a commitment forged a year ago after Balboa lost to Lowell. "It was horrible walking off the field," quarterback McLeod Bethel-Thompson says.